A Gent from Bear Creek And The Hour of the Dragon written by Robert Ervin Howard. In this edition contains 2 stories 1."A Gent from Bear Creek" is a collection of Western short stories by Robert E. Howard. It was first published in the UK in 1937 by Herbert Jenkins. The first US edition was published by Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc. in 1966. 2. "The Hour of the Dragon" is one of the original stories by Howard and his only full length novel about Conan the Cimmerian. Originally written for a British publisher Dennis Archer, it was later published as a five part serial in Weird Tales between the months of December 1935 to April 1936 after the initial publisher folded. It is considered by many to be one of his best works.